Political Parties Working Group
Schedule
Talks are held on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30pm, in Scott Hall, room 212, unless otherwise noted.
*There will be no papers circulated in advance, and the working group format is meant to encourage freewheeling discussion with all participants and provide useful feedback for the presenters. If you would like to present a work-in-progress, please email Daniel Galvin at galvin@northwestern.edu.
Spring 2012
Tuesday, March 27
Carlos Freytes (Northwestern PhD Candidate)
“Searching for the Sub-National Connection: Federalism and Legislative Coalition Building in Kirchner's Argentina (2003-2011)” (Joint work with Nicolas Cherny, UBA/Conicet)
Tuesday, April 3
Jason Seawright (Northwestern)
“Political Sophistication and Party Competition: An Agent-Based Model”
Tuesday, April 17
Zachary Greene (University of Iowa PhD Candidate)
“Strategic Issue Balancing: An analysis of party electoral strategy and issue competition in advanced industrial democracies”
Tuesday, May 1
Alberto Simpser (University of Chicago)
Title TBA
Tuesday, May 8
Laurel Harbridge (Northwestern)
“The Elasticity of Partisanship in Congress: Bipartisan Cooperation, Member-Party Relationships and Party Popularity”
Tuesday, May 15
Thomas Leeper (Northwestern PhD Candidate)
“Political Groups and Public Opinion”
Winter 2012
Tuesday, Jan 10
Edward Gibson, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
“Hegemonic Parties and Subnational Party Systems”
Tuesday, Jan 17
Brian Harrison, graduate student, Political Science, Northwestern University
“Red Brain, Blue Brain: The Impact of Partisanship & Motivated Reasoning on the President”
Tuesday, Jan 31
Julia Azari, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marquette University
“Ideas and Opportunities: How the Timing of Ideological Insurgency Affects Party Development”
Tuesday, Feb 14 (NOTE: This event will be held from 1:30-2:30)
Samara Klar, graduate student, Political Science, Northwestern University
“Voices of Reason: The Influence of Diverse Discussion on Strong and Weak Partisans”
Tuesday, Feb 21
Betsy Sinclair, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
“Social Institutions: Voters in Context”
Monday, Mar 5 at 4pm | PAS Conference Rm
Jaimie Bleck, Ford Family Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
"Valence Issues in African Elections: Navigating Uncertainty and the Weight of the Past"
(co-sponsored by PAS)
Fall 2011
Tuesday, October 4
Laurel Harbridge
Tuesday, October 11
Jennifer Cyr
"Survival of the Fittest: Explaining Party Persistence in the Aftermath of Party-System Collapse in Latin America"
Tuesday, October 25
Andrew Roberts
"The Determinants of Programmatic Party Systems"
Tuesday, November 1
Adam Gendzwill
"The Social and Institutional Background of Anti-partyism in European Democracies"
Tuesday, November 8
Noam Lupu, University of WI - Madison and University of Notre Dame
"Brand Dilution and the Breakdown of Political Parties in Latin America"
Tuesday, November 15
Kenneth Janda
"Party System Theory, Measures, and Data" |
